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Sep 28, 2015Financial Planners One Avenue to Help Increase Consumer Awareness of Claiming Strategies
Boston, MA—Only 9% of consumers believe they are very knowledgeable about how Social Security benefits are determined and just 1% of Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) professionals say...
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Sep 22, 2015Grant competition to identify three community colleges to receive three-year grants to implement Back to Work 50+ program
Washington, DC—AARP Foundation, a grantee of the Social Innovation Fund (SIF), is announcing a second grant competition to identify three community colleges across the United States to receive...
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Sep 22, 201566% say Pope should consider letting women become priests
WASHINGTON, DC—AARP released today online survey results of people 50-plus and their opinions on some of the most topical issues of the day. With Pope Francis preparing for a six-day visit to...
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Sep 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC — The NonProfit Times recently selected AARP Chief Executive Officer Jo Ann Jenkins as the recipient of the 2015 Influencer of the Year award. She was recognized as the...
Sep 21, 2015Make your way through the Medicare maze with help from the experts at AARP and For DummiesEn español Hoboken, NJ—America’s Baby Boomers are now turning 65 at the rate of about 10,000 a day, yet very few have any idea about how Medicare works, when they should sign up or how the...
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Sep 16, 2015Learn everything you need to know about searching for a career after 50
Hoboken, NJ—Wiley and AARP today announce Getting the Job You Want After 50 For Dummies®(Wiley, 978-1-119-02284-8, August 2015, US $22.99) by AARP Jobs Expert Kerry Hannon. More Americans are...
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Sep 11, 2015
VIDEO: 1 Million-Plus Meals Being Packed on the National Mall What: Just across the river from where a plane hit the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, some 5,000 volunteers, including AARP staff,...
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Sep 9, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC—AARP released today online survey results of people 50-plus and their opinions on some of the most topical issues of the day. As the NFL’s regular football season prepares to...
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Sep 8, 2015AARP Site Helps 50-Plus Stay Connected, Competitive, Current
WASHINGTON, DC—Work is the new retirement. While many Americans state that they plan to retire between 65 and 70 (45%), the typical retirement may have changed. In a survey just released by...
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Sep 4, 2015Many open to a ride in a driverless car and most think it’s harder to find a job today
WASHINGTON, DC—AARP released today online survey results of people 50-plus and their pulse on some of the most topical issues of the day. The results show openness to an FDA-approved pill to...
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Sep 2, 20155,000 volunteers will pack over one million meals on the National Mall For Area’s Struggling Seniors
WASHINGTON, DC—AARP Foundation presents the largest meal pack to be held on the National Mall on Friday, September 11th. More than 5,000 volunteers will pack 1.2 million nutritious meals for...
Sep 1, 2015Special Report: 50-Plus Workers Impacting the Workforce in 2015; Deaths from Prescription Pain Medications Rise 700 Percent; Generational Shifts are Disrupting the Workforce; Finding Work You Love; A Look Back at Gender Equality; Saving for a Grandchild’s College Education; & MoreAARP’s 2015 Work & Jobs Report is Good News for Older Workers: A special in-depth feature examines the first time in U.S. history when four generations – pre-Boomers, Boomers, Generation...
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Aug 18, 2015AARP TEK Academy expands technology opportunities for 50-plus by providing free, easy to use learning site
WASHINGTON, DC—AARP announced today the launch of its AARP TEK Academy, a free, easy-to-use online classroom designed to help 50-plus Americans get the most out of technology to connect with...
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Aug 13, 2015Remains Key to Retirement, Living Independently, Important for Future Generations, According to AARP Survey
En español WASHINGTON, DC—AARP released results of a survey this week as we celebrate the 80th Anniversary of Social Security on August 14, 2015. Americans of all ages continue to have strong...
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Aug 6, 2015AARP Foundation Experience Corps supported by the Social Innovation Fund will continue to strengthen the successful program and investigate expansion of small group tutoring model
WASHINGTON, DC — AARP Foundation today announced that it will receive $3 million in investments from the Corporation for National and Community Service’s (CNCS) Social Innovation Fund (SIF) to...
Aug 3, 2015Inside the August/September Issue of AARP The Magazine and Online with Web Exclusives at aarp.org/magazineViola Davis on Growing up Poor: As a child, the star of ABC’s hit series How to Get Away with Murderand two-time Oscar nominee Viola Davis dreamed of nothing more than to own a house of her own...
- Jul 30, 2015Read Viola’s rags-to-riches story of how she got to where she is today and why giving back now means everything to her.
WASHINGTON, DC—Viola Davis, star of ABC’s hit series How to Get Away with Murder, grew up in Rhode Island in a household of eight that could barely afford to eat even one meal a day. In a...
Jul 30, 2015Medicare program represents health security for millions of AmericansEn español WASHINGTON, DC — Today AARP is pleased to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Medicare, the federal health insurance program for Americans age 65 and older, and younger people with...
Jul 30, 2015WASHINGTON, DC — Life Reimagined, a wholly owned non-profit subsidiary of AARP, today announced a unique collaboration with Uber to provide flexible opportunities for Life Reimagined’s members...
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Jul 29, 2015AARP Launches “Watch Your Wi-Fi” Campaign to Increase Awareness of Risks on Free Public Wi-Fi
WASHINGTON, DC—A new survey of internet users shows that the freedom and convenience of public wireless networks may come at a cost. Nearly half failed a quiz about online and wireless safety,...
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Jul 24, 2015Free Event at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center Offers Array of Activities
WASHINGTON, DC—The organizations sponsoring the Library of Congress National Book Festival offer an array of fun and exciting activities and programs for festival attendees of all ages in the...
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Jul 22, 2015As Medicare celebrates 50th anniversary, AARP urges responsible solutions to ensure affordable health care for future generations
En español WASHINGTON, DC—AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins offered the following statement in reaction to the 2015 Medicare Trustees report released today: “The latest Medicare Trustees report...
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Jul 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC—AARP Chief Executive Officer Jo Ann Jenkins offered the following statement in reaction to the Social Security Trustees report released today: “In its 80th year, Social Security...
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Jul 21, 2015Measure Would Protect Retirement Investors and Savers from Conflicts of Interest
WASHINGTON, DC—The U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed rule to protect 401(k) and IRA investors against conflicts of interest in the financial services industry would better ensure that...
Jul 16, 2015New report reveals stress on family caregivers’ health and finances; identifies policies to help support caregiversEn español WASHINGTON, DC — Family caregivers in the U.S. provided 37 billion hours of care—worth an estimated $470 billion—to their parents, spouses, partners, and other adult loved ones...
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